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Help with Pepperoncini Plant

Recently I’ve noticed what looks like small white flakes on the leaves, and especially the buds of my pepperoncini plant; the plant’s leaves have been looking more yellow and rigid and it seems to have stopped producing new peppers, while the peppers that were already growing on the plant have been turning colour when they’re much smaller than before. I have several other nearby plants, including two Thai chili peppers and a chiltepin plant, but the pepperoncini is the only plant I’ve noticed this on.

This is in Tucson Arizona; the plant is kept outdoors and gets probably around 3-4 hours of sunlight per day, and I water it every morning since the soil tends to dry out in the daytime heat before the next day.

Does anyone know what might be going on with the plant or how I might fix it? I can also post more pictures if necessary. Thanks in advance for any advice!

u/azgetonme — 12 hours ago